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Keepers of the Fog

Keepers of the Fog

Genres

Drama

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Images and reality intermingle in this account of the writer's own experiences under totalitarian regime.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Albanian

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 January 1988

Country

Yugoslavia

Cast

Enver Petrovci

Enver Petrovci

Xhevat Qorraj

Xhevat Qorraj

Silvana Bajcinovci

Silvana Bajcinovci

Çun Lajçi

Çun Lajçi

Veljko Mandić

Veljko Mandić

Ankica Milenković

Ankica Milenković

Ismail Ymeri

Ismail Ymeri

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